Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Saturday, 18 December 2027

Saturday 18 December 2027

Rahu Kalam9:16 am – 10:40 am
Yamagandam1:27 pm – 2:51 pm
Gulikai6:29 am – 7:53 am
TithiKrishna Panchami until 7:58 am

Sunrise 6:29 am, sunset 5:38 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Panchami

until 7:58 am; then Krishna Shashti until 5:37 am Sunday

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Magha

until 3:30 am Sunday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Vishkambha

until 11:35 pm

Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.

Karana · Taitila

until 7:58 am; then Gara until 6:45 pm; then Vanija until 5:37 am Sunday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 5:37 am to 4:33 pm on Sunday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

9:16 am – 10:40 am

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

1:27 pm – 2:51 pm

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

6:29 am – 7:53 am

Avoided for new beginnings in most households.

Choghadiya

The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:29 am – 7:53 amKaalavoid
7:53 am – 9:16 amShubhgood
9:16 am – 10:40 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:40 am – 12:04 pmUdvegavoid
12:04 pm – 1:27 pmCharneutral
1:27 pm – 2:51 pmLabhgood
2:51 pm – 4:15 pmAmritgood
4:15 pm – 5:38 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:38 pm – 7:15 pmLabhgood
7:15 pm – 8:51 pmUdvegavoid
8:51 pm – 10:28 pmShubhgood
10:28 pm – 12:04 amAmritgood
12:04 am – 1:40 amCharneutral
1:40 am – 3:17 amRogavoid
3:17 am – 4:53 amKaalavoid
4:53 am – 6:30 amLabhgood

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

11:41 am – 12:26 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:37 pm, moonset 10:25 am.

Hora

Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:29 am – 7:25 amSaturn
7:25 am – 8:21 amJupiter
8:21 am – 9:16 amMars
9:16 am – 10:12 amSun
10:12 am – 11:08 amVenus
11:08 am – 12:04 pmMercury
12:04 pm – 1:00 pmMoon
1:00 pm – 1:55 pmSaturn
1:55 pm – 2:51 pmJupiter
2:51 pm – 3:47 pmMars
3:47 pm – 4:43 pmSun
4:43 pm – 5:38 pmVenus
5:38 pm – 6:43 pmMercury
6:43 pm – 7:47 pmMoon
7:47 pm – 8:51 pmSaturn
8:51 pm – 9:55 pmJupiter
9:55 pm – 11:00 pmMars
11:00 pm – 12:04 amSun
12:04 am – 1:08 amVenus
1:08 am – 2:13 amMercury
2:13 am – 3:17 amMoon
3:17 am – 4:21 amSaturn
4:21 am – 5:25 amJupiter
5:25 am – 6:30 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 84 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 7:58 am, karana at 6:45 pm, yoga at 11:35 pm, nakshatra at 3:30 am Sunday, tithi and karana at 5:37 am Sunday. Krishna Shashti begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:16 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 18 December 2027?

Krishna Panchami, until 7:58 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:29 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 18 December 2027?

9:16 am to 10:40 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:27 pm to 2:51 pm and Gulikai 6:29 am to 7:53 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 18 December 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:53 am to 9:16 am, Labh 1:27 pm to 2:51 pm, Amrit 2:51 pm to 4:15 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:41 am to 12:26 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 18 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:37 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Vijayawada (16.5062°N, 80.6480°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.